trees don't drink coffee

golden tears

fill the sky

from rooted Beings

joyously moving on

to the next stage of life

never looking back

always moving on

into the next season

whatever it may bring

Trusting in the Goodness

the Rightness

ultimate Patience

tranquility

and all around

mobile beings

seeking

searching

hunger for something more

blindly ignoring

the Gentle Giants

and their Teaching

everything anyone seeks

is right here

right now

no need to worry

just Breathe it in

the Eternal Love of Life

once upon a time, a girl loved her Life

and Life loved her

Life loved the girl so much

every day, He did his best

to show His love for her

He brought her flowers

she smelled them

and loved them

He brought her gifts

of shells

and stones

and trees

and the greatest gift of all

a glorious Body

in which she played

and explored Life

together they were happy

then, one day, Life brought to the girl

a beautiful boy to play with

this boy loved Life, too

and together they laughed

and Life loved them both

but soon

too soon

the day came

when the boy had to go a different way

saying, "i love you

but i love Life more

and i cannot change my Life

for you."

and with him gone

the girl was saddened

"Life is worthless

without him"

she said

still, Life brought her flowers

and kissed her face with the wind

but she turned away from Him

and slept long in the quiet of her room

and cried, her heart breaking

"i loved him more than Life itself!"

she lamented

but Life chuckled to himself

and still he brought her flowers

and even as she breathed

the air he gave her

every second

she cried

and mourned her loss

"he was my one true love!"

sorrow filled her very being

she could not find the strength

to lift her head

from the pillow of depression

she wished Life would just

go away

He was so persistent

and all she wanted was the boy

but Life knew that she would Remember

and so He still gave her flowers

and breathed his Life Breath into her

and kissed her face with the warmth of the sun

and rejoiced in her being

for He only had eyes for her

He loved her for eternity

and even as she scoffed

at His miraculous Gifts

still He loved her even more

then, after much time had passed

weeks?

months?

years?

she couldn't remember

suddenly she recalled

a dream

in which she was filled with love

for Life itself

the memory flooded her mind

and heart

and Life said "i love you

and always have

and even as you cried

and railed against Me

still i cradled you in my Eternal Embrace

i love you, dear one.

we are mates for all of Existence."

love filled her being

for she realized then and there

that her One True Love

was Life itself

and He was never gone from her

and never would be

He surrounded her

and engulfed her

she breathed Him in

and drank of His sweet nectar

sang His songs

and celebrated His beauty

and her voice rang out

"i love Life more than anything!"

and she greeted the new dawn

with a passion

she had never known

for any boy

in particular.

her honesty

you really want to know

the depths of my Being?

do you really want to

hear the honest-to-Goddess

Truth

of my experience of You?

to whom are you speaking?

i am but a reflection

and somehow you noticed

a part of yourself

so beautiful you couldn't look away

and you asked It for the Truth

because you knew that

the Truth

is Who I Am

it's why you cannot resist

the glint of my Vision Globe

that soft machine

transmitter

of so much more than prisms

it's not as stark and impersonal

as you think

you don't remember? really?

you haven't lied awake and told yourself

"there has to be something i'm forgetting...

this can't be it, i remember there being

something more to it..."

like that feeling you might get

on a lucky occasion

while sleeping

dreaming

and suddenly you remember

you have another life

beyond this bizarre and

sensational Realm

this isn't real

i'm creating this

i remember Now

so.

the Truth.

the Truth is, i love you.

yes, i am talking about you

in

particular.

and i know you love me

because nobody does anything

other than Love.

it's a Verb.

it's a state of Being.

and something in me

is oh so curious

to watch you wake up to that

and know it for yourself

and rejoice in it with me

go ahead

take your time

i can wait for eternity.

inevitably unstoppable

My mind has a fear

that if I allow myself

to feel this Love

I will soon be hurting

for they say

“love doesn't last.”

but my heart

doesn't remember hurt

and now it's too late

the seeds of passion

have taken root

in the crevasses

and the memory of your face

is the sunlight that nourishes

the sprout

of a glorious tree

waiting in the future

for you to climb it

and pick its fruit.

home

What is my favorite flower

to smell?

Your hair, of course

thick and dark

sweet and full of life

kissing my nose

with innocence and honesty.

Where is my favorite place on the shore

overlooking the ocean

deep and wide?

Before your eyes, without a doubt;

allowing my ship

to be carried away

by the ever-beckoning

rhythmic pulling

of emotion.

Which is my favorite light of day:

the cool diamond light

of the gibbous moon

by the fireside

where fairies

dance to the beat of drums?

Or the sparkle of buttery

sunshine smiling through

the dew on a

spider web on a branch

by a river?

Both are lovely,

but, when viewed

with You,

made a thousand times

lovelier

by light of your Glow.

Of what does the sound

of my favorite birdsong

remind me?

The sweet, gentle drawl

of your tabacco-soaked

voice

as you tell me your story

through softly snarling lips.

In the crook of what tree

would I love to sit

to read all day

and sing Love's songs

to the shade of the branches

overhead?

In the bend of your arm

and the curve of your waist

is where I find

the most comfortable

patch of bark.

What is my favorite

hill

to climb

and look out over

the forest below?

The slope of your

right eyebrow

must be, by far

the most delightful

to my eyes and feet.

And where is the key

that unlocks the gate

to this glorious paradise

where the seeds of my dreams

are planted and nurtured?

Well I'll tell you alone

that I've put it away

in the most silent

and sacred

place in my heart

in a wooden box

with flowers on the top.

beside the fire

"you're blushing, Hyena,"

he smirked

as he sipped sensuously

at his hand-rolled cigarette

she beamed at him

with brown eyes wide

heart pounding with a

Knowing deep from within

she had caught a glimpse

from the corner of her eye

but dared not look

for she knew their souls

recognized each other

but she first Asked

"is it him?

could it possibly be?"

and she felt the Answer

a joyful, swirling mass of

"YES!

We are here! I am your

Soul Mate, and always

have been! I have always

loved you. I have never

been far. I am peeking

out through the eyes of

all you see here

and i can manifest in

any one you Choose."

and she rejoiced

in this Knowing

and silently told her

SoulMate

"I love you so much

my heart is fit

to burst

i wish to bestow

this feeling

into the heart

of everyone i meet

and if You should

never manifest

into one beautiful

Being, i would

not mourn

for i Know

of your Love

for me

and feel it so strongly.

surely i shall feel this

Full

Always."

and she turned to him

eyes bright

shining with

the Love of her SoulMate

and in his eyes

she recognized herSelf

shining back at her

and she knew he was

The One of her Choosing

she Knew that her

SoulMate

had come down

from the Heavens

to possess the beautiful body

of a boy

with a porkpie hat

and a crooked nose

and a smooth, nasal drawl

and a slouch of the hip

and a twenty-minute-long

cigarette

and the lips of an angel

he asked her for her middle name

he told her his pet peeve:

silent letters in useless places

like the "l" in "salmon"

which happened to be

his favorite color.